Rubber and its types
Type of Rubbers: Natural rubber: Natural rubber has remarkable elasticity and it undergoes long-range reversible extensions. It is manufactured from latex-latex is obtained...
Biodegradable polymers
The biopolymers which disintegrate by themselves in biological systems during a certain period of time by enzymatic hydrolysis and to some extent by oxidation...
Condensation Polymerisation or Step Growth Polymerisation
If the two bifunctional monomer molecules undergo condensation with loss of a simple molecule of water, alcohol etc. Polyamides: These polymers possessing amide linkages are important...
Types of Polymerisation Reactions
Types of Polymerisation Reactions: There are two broad types of polymerisation reactions, i.e., the addition or chain growth polymerisation and condensation or step growth polymerisation. Addition...
Classification of Polymers
Classification of Polymers: There are several ways of classification of polymers based on some special considerations. Based on Source: Under this type of classification, there are three...
Polymer
Polymer A polymer may be defined as a high molecular weight compound formed by the combination of a large number of one or more types...